Many thanks to NetGalley, Henry Holt & Company, and Macmillan Audio for gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of the sophomore book by Alex Pavesi, author of The Eighth Detective, which I loved. The audiobook was narrated by Dino Fetscher, who did a fabulous job with all the different voices. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!
Anatol recently lost his father and has invited five of his oldest friends to his family home in the countryside to celebrate his 30th birthday. He asks them to play a game he invented called Motive Method Death. Everyone chooses two players at random, then writes a short story in which one kills the other. But the game brings out the worst in the players.
Just as in The Eighth Detective, buckle up for this one! Fact and fiction swirl in and out of reality as we read the stories - or are they real? None of the characters are likable, non are trustworthy, and everyone has a motive to kill. It's an extremely smart locked room mystery that you have to give up solving and just go along for the ride, because it's meant to be confusing. I thought the audiobook was very well done, but my mind tended to run more while listening and I ended up reading quite a bit of it. Love Pavesi's mind and can't wait to see what he comes up with next!
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